Mick Signals

Call Me Your Man – EP by Jump Back Jake (lead guitarist of Francis and the Lights)

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 here, iTunes, Amazon and all the top digital stores.

Tracks 1-4
“Jump Back” Jake Rabinbach: Vocals/Guitar
“Bullet Proof” Jake Vest: Guitar/Vocals
Greg Faison: Drums
Brandon Robertson: Bass

Tracks 1-4 recorded live to 2″ tape Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN – October 2009
Produced by Jake Rabinbach and Pete Matthews
Engineered and mixed at Ardent Studios by Pete Matthews

Track 5
“Jump Back” Jake Rabinbach: Vocals/Guitar

Track 5 recorded at High/Low Studios Memphis August 17th 2009
Engineered by Toby Vest and Jake Vest

Cover Photo: Rob Leitzal

In Memory of:
James Luther Dickinson
Willie Mitchell
Jay Lindsay
Alex Chilton

release date: September 14, 2010 \ genre: Rock \ where: iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, emusic, MOG, Napster, Rdio, Bandcamp and all the top digital stores

about Jump Back Jake: Jump Back Jake is a Memphis based indie rock & roll band led by Jake Rabinbach, who formed the band in 2006 after moving from Brooklyn to Memphis.

Rabinbach also plays lead guitar for the NYC based band, Francis and the Lights, who are currently on tour opening for DRAKE and MGMT.

about Ardent Music: Ardent Music is an upstart independent record label based out of the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN. We are an offshoot of the Ardent Records label that originally launched power-pop pioneers Big Star

Alain Johannes Gets New Release Date For Solo Debut, Spark Album to be Released October 5th on Joshua Homme’ Rekords Rekords

Click HERE to Download “Endless Eyes” MP3

Fresh off his latest run of shows playing guitar for Them Crooked Vultures, and currently on a tour of Europe to include appearances at Reading and Leeds festivals, Alain Johannes is getting ready to release his solo debut, Spark (Rekords Rekords/ Ipecac Recordings), which has the new release date of October 5th. With a resume that includes co-founding the band Elevenand collaborations with Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, Mark Lanegan, and Spinnerette (Brody Dalle’s latest project) among numerous others, Alain Johannes has already established himself as a gifted and prolific musical talent. However, Sparkis where Johannes’ strengths as a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist are finally showcased all at once.

Queens of the Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures frontman Joshua Homme, whose label Rekords Rekords will co-release Spark with Ipecac Recordings, says: “Alain’s record is the total embodiment of what the label stands for—the war against endorsing mediocrity and the uncensored attempt to take a leap off the musical cliff. Spark is a stunning examination of figuring out what you do when someone’s gone, and it’s utterly breathtaking.”

Spark opens with “Endless Eyes,” a beautiful flurry of cigar box guitars churning out layers of highly rhythmic riffs. Johannes’ soulful vocals soar on top, creating a mystical, eastern-flavored sound. The track is an ode to Natasha Shneider, Johannes’ late wife and creative partner. After she passed away in 2008, Queens of the Stone Age organized an all-star benefit show in Los Angeles to celebrate Shneider’s life. Johannes composed “Endless Eyes” specifically for the show, and the song ended up settling the wheels in motion for what would become Spark.

From beginning to end, the album showcases the remarkable technical precision and versatility that has made Johannes such an in-demand guitar player. Spark also reveals him to be far more than a rock guitarist, with elements of classical, flamenco, and Indian music displayed throughout. Tying it all together is his ability to craft melodies ripe with nuance, which is what truly makes each of the eight tracks captivating and emotionally resonant.

DEAD CONFEDERATE SHARE FREE DOWNLOAD OF “RUN FROM THE GUN” DEBUT ALBUM, SUGAR, OUT THIS TUESDAY

As Dead Confederate gear up for the release of their sophomore album Sugar, out this Tuesday August 24th via TAO/Old Flame, the band is sharing their brand new song, “Run From The Gun”. An early favorite from those who have had the chance to preview the album (stream the entire album for free at MOG), we’re extremely excited to let this song out into the wild. As you’re listening to the song, check out Dead Confederate’s brand new online store where pre-sales of Sugar are now available.

“Run From The Gun” MP3

Have you seen Dead Confederate’s new music video for “Giving It All Away” featuring J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr?

Dead Confederate still have tons of exciting dates coming up all across the country!

08.21.10 – Max Canada – Athens, GA *
08.24.10 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL *
08.25.10 – One Eyed Jack’s – New Orleans, LA *
08.26.10 – Chelsea’s – Baton Rouge, LA *
08.27.10 – Mango’s – Houston, TX *
08.28.10 – The Mohawk – Austin, TX *
08.29.10 – The Loft – Dallas, TX *
08.31.10 – Old Town Pub – Steamboat Springs, CO *
09.01.10 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO *
09.02.10 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT *
09.03.10 – Neurolux – Boise, ID *
09.05.10 – Official Bumbershoot After Party @ Hard Rock Café – Seattle, WA @ *
09.06.10 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR #
09.08.10 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA #
09.09.10 – SoHo – Santa Barbara, CA #
09.10.10 – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA #
09.11.10 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA #
09.12.10 – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA #
09.14.10 – Plush – Tucson, AZ #
09.15.10 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ #
09.17.10 – Telluride Blues & Brews Festival – Telluride, CO #
09.18.10 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO #
09.19.10 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO #
09.21.10 – The Firebird – St. Louis, MO #
09.22.10 – Double Door – Chicago, IL #
09.23.10 – Musica – Akron, OH %
09.24.10 – Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA %
09.25.10 – The Note – West Chester, PA #
09.26.10 – The Middle East – Boston, MA #
09.28.10 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
09.29.10 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC%
09.30.10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
10.01.10 – Snug Harbor – Charlotte, NC
10.02.10 – Patriot’s Point – Charleston, SC ^

@ w/ Surfer Blood
# Dead Confederate / Alberta Cross co-headline date
% w/ Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
* w/Futurebirds
^ w/ Widespread Panic

Arcade Fire – Ready To Start video

Antony and the Johnsons Release Thank You For Your Love Video

Video Premiered on Pitchfork Today

Antony and the Johnsons are releasing the video for “Thank You For Your Love” today. The video is comprised of Super 8 footage that Antony shot when he first arrived to New York City as a teenager in the early 1990′s. The video premiered today on Pitchfork and can also be seen here.

The song is the title-track of Antony’s forthcoming EP that is being released in the UK and Europe by Rough Trade on August 23rd and on August 24th in North America by Secretly Canadian. It is also the lead single from Antony’s next album “Swanlights” due out October 11 in the UK and Europe and October 12 in North America. The album is now available for pre-order including bundles consisting of the full length CD and EP, vinyl LP and EP, and book with CD and EP. Those who purchase the bundles will instantly receive an advance download of the EP. The pre-order is up at www.swanlights.com.

On October 12, Abrams Image will simultaneously release a special edition of “Swanlights” which will include the CD inside a 144-page hard cover book containing Antony’s paintings, collages, photography and writing. The album only version of “Swanlights” will also include the song “Flétta”, a duet with Björk. The album and book are a continuation of Antony’s work exploring his connection to the natural world.

MIIKE SNOW ANNOUNCE FALL AMERICAN TOUR

SWEDISH/AMERICAN TRIO CONTINUES WINNING STREAK AT SOME OF NORTH AMERICA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS VENUES

Touring in continued support of their breakout debut, Miike Snow are returning to America to regale stateside audiences with their dance-pop compositions and unparalleled live show. The group, comprised of Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and New York-dwelling vocalist/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, plan to further extend the tremendous momentum they have carried through their European and South American dates earlier this summer.

Since the release of their self-titled LP in late 2008, Miike Snow have ridden a wave of critical popularity to features on national television programs (including 2 performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and sold-out shows the world over. This leg of performances will likely prove to do the same, ignited by an already sold-out performance at New York’s Terminal 5 and punctuated by a headlining slot at the Treasure Island Festival.

“…gorgeous, hook-filled framework devised by producers Bloodshy & Avant and singer Andrew Wyatt amounts to the year’s finest example of pop irony.” -SPIN, #35 of 40 Best Albums of 2009

“They all have deliriously intuitive talent and are capable of expressing a wide range of emotions through music.” – FILTER

MIIKE SNOW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

Oct 6 Terminal 5 New York, NY (SOLD OUT)
Oct 7 Terminal 5 New York, NY
Oct 8 Austin City Limits Austin, TX
Oct 9 Kool Haus Toronto, ON
Oct 10 House of Blues Boston, MA
Oct 11 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
Oct 13 Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
Oct 15 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Oct 16 Treasure Island San Francisco, CA

Looking for a fresh new sound? Something you haven’t heard before? Well then have a listen to Skyrocket Love, a great new band with great music and brilliant lyrics. You can find, and listen to, some of Skyrocket Love’s songs on their web site, http://skyrocketlove.com/site/ . The group are currently seeking pledges from people to say that they will purchase their album (on iTunes, CD, or however you prefer) when it comes out. All you have to do is enter your mobile number on the site, and they will send you a text when the album is released.

Skyrocket Love’s music video, Novacaine

LONG ISLAND, NY’S MISERY ANNOUNCE UPCOMING TOUR DATES WITH DEVILDRIVER, KITTIE, AND KATAKLYSM MISERY’S UPCOMING FULL-LENGTH, ‘EVIL IS CROWNED’, SLATED FOR RELEASE IN JANUARY 2011

Long Island, NY’s MISERY are pleased to announce their upcoming tour with metal greats DEVILDRIVER, and supporting acts KITTIE and KATAKLYSM. The tour starts next Wednesday, August 25th in Jermyn, PA, and comes to a halt in West Hollywood, CA on September 16th, 2010. See below for all current tour dates, and make sure to head to the MISERY MySpace now to learn more about the tour!

MISERY recently wrapped up recording on their gripping, in your face, highly anticipated full length release, Evil is Crowned. The album was recorded at Systems 2 Recording Studio in Brooklyn, NY and was mastered at Manhattan’s world-famous Sterling Sound. Production credits on Evil is Crowned go to Joey Z from fellow heavy-hitting New York metal band, Life of Agony. The album is scheduled to be released January 2011 via Super Metal Records, and the title track, ‘Evil is Crowned’ is scheduled to debut on Sirius XM Liquid Metal in the coming months. Currently, two other tracks from Evil is Crowned are spinning on Sirius-XM’s Liquid Metal and have been receiving rave reviews throughout the metal community.

See below for the Evil is Crowned tracklisting:
Evil Is Crowned
Bullet
Gone Tomorrow
I Hate Your Face
Break the Silence
Social Anxiety
The Hurt Spell
Hangover in Harlem
Mind your Business
Live Fast Die Slow
Head Like A Hole (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

Formed in the early 90’s, MISERY are known for their powerfully aggressive sound, often being compared to the likes of Pantera and Metallica with an eerie Black Sabbath undertone. MISERY are also recognized for their rigorous touring schedule, including support for large acts such as Napalm Death, Buckcherry and Testament. After hearing MISERY’s 2008 full length release, Fifteen Years of Aggression, producer Joey Z took such a liking to the band that he asked MISERY to support Life of Agony on their Winter 2009 tour. Playing with such an eclectic mix of bands has helped to expose MISERY to a world of new fans! In 2009, MISERY reached the #12 position on the FMQB Metal Radio charts, and currently can be heard on cable music outlets such as Music Choice and DMX.

MISERY w/ DEVILDRIVER, KITTIE & KATAKLYSM
8/25 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby’s
8/26 London, ON @ London Music Hall
8/27 Columbus, OH @ Peabody’s
8/28 Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
8/29 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
8/31 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
9/01 San Antonio, TX @ Scout Bar
9/02 Dallas, TX @ Trees
9/03 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Pavilion @ Concrete Street
9/04 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
9/05 Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos
9/07 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
9/08 Mounds View, MN @ Roberts Off 10
9/10 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
9/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
9/13 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
9/14 Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
9/15 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
9/16 West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

MATT AND KIM REVEAL DETAILS FOR NEW SINGLE “CAMERAS” OUT DIGITALLY AUGUST 31ST ON FADER LABEL

On August 31st, Matt and Kim will release “Cameras”, the first single off their upcoming third full-length album, out this fall via FADER Label. Recorded in Atlanta, GA with producer Ben Allen, “Cameras” will be Matt and Kim’s first new original music since the release of their critically acclaimed sophomore album Grand.

The release of the new single follows their recent show at this year’s Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. From the moment they appeared on the Adidas MEGA stage at sunset to the end of their hour-long set, Matt and Kim delivered their trademark stamp: a jaw-dropping, down, dirty, ass shaking performance. MTV News described it as being in front of a “huge group of people who were hanging on their every keyboard pound and drum slap.” and Billboard proclaimed Matt and Kim’s set was “the happiest hour of the day.”

North American Tour
Sept 15th Westcott Theater # Syracuse, NY
16th Beachland Ballroom # Cleveland, OH
17th Newport Music Hall # Columbus, OH
18th Majestic Theater # Detroit, MI
19th Metro # Chicago, IL
21st Majestic Theater # Madison, WI
22nd First Ave # Minneapolis, MN
23rd The Granada Theater # Lawrence, KS
24th Ogden Theater # Denver, CO
25th Virgin Mobile FreeFest Columbia, MD
27th The Rickshaw Theater Vancouver, BC
28th Showbox * Seattle, WA
29th Roseland Theater * Portland, OR
30th The Fillmore * San Francisco, CA

Oct 1st House of Blues * San Diego, CA
2nd Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater * Los Angeles, CA
3rd Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater * Los Angeles, CA
6th The Clubhouse * Tempe, AZ
8th House of Blues * Dallas, TX
9th Austin City Limits Austin, TX
11th The Lyric Oxford % Oxford, MS
12th House of Blues % New Orleans, LA
13th Club Downunder % Tallahassee, FL
14th Culture Room ! Fort Lauderdale, FL
15th State Theater ! St. Petersburg, FL
16th Masquerade ! Atlanta, GA
17th Exit In ! Nashville, TN 19th Orange Peel ! Asheville, NC
20th Cats Cradle ! Carrboro, NC
21st The Canal Club ! Richmond, VA
22nd 9:30 Club ! Washington, DC
23rd Rams Head Live! ! Baltimore, MD
24th Starlite Ballroom ! Philadelphia, PA
26th Webster Hall ! New York, NY
27th Webster Hall ! New York, NY
28th Water St. Music Hall ! Rochester, NY
29th Phoenix Theater ! Toronto, ON
30th Le National ! Montreal, QC
31st Northern Lights ! Clifton, NY

Nov 2nd Higher Ground ^ Burlington, VT
3rd Port City Music Hall ^ Portland, ME
4th House of Blues ^ Boston, MA
5th Toad’s Place ^ New Haven, CT
6th Pearl Street Nightclub ^ Northampton, MA

# w/ So So Glos
* w/ Fang Island
% w/ Big Freedia
! w/ Donnis
^ w/ Javelin

Free Energy Release Limited Edition Split Remix 7” With Local Natives On White Iris Records, Sept. 14??

“Bang Pop” Fool’s Gold Remix MP3 Premiered on Stereogum !

Free Energy will release a split remix 7” vinyl with Local Natives on September 14. Lewis Pesacov of Fool’s Gold did the remixes of both bands. The single is to be released on White Iris Records, the label counterpart to Black Iris, a premiere recording studio and music collective. You can pre-order the limited edition vinyl here.??

The digital version of the “Bang Pop” Fool’s Gold remix premiered as a free download on Stereogum and is also available here.

Featured on Pitchfork’s POV Concert Series, and performing live at SPIN HOUSE LIVE last week, Free Energy’s “Dream City” is currently featured in the new Shaun White ad campaign for Target! The band kicks off a National tour with Titus Andronicus this Thursday. The two bands will be selling a spilt 7” (exclusive to the tour) as they travel the U.S. and Canada together. Both groups have recorded covers for this 7”, Free Energy’s being Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down”.

Free Energy’s debut album, Stuck On Nothing, produced by DFA’s James Murphy, is out now on Astralwerks/DFA Records. Don’t miss your chance to see what Rolling Stone, Spin, and Alternative Press have all declared as one of the most exciting bands of 2010 live!

Free Energy Tour Dates

08/19: Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells
08/21: Boston, MA @ Royale
08/22: Montreal, QB @ Il Motore
08/23: Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
08/25: Ithaca, NY @ Castaways
08/28: Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/29: Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
09/05: San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
09/07: Los Angeles, CA @ Viper Room *
09/08: San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09/10: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
09/11: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge/Music Fest Northwest
09/12: Seattle, WA @ The Tractor Tavern
09/13: Boise, ID @ Neurolux
09/14: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09/15: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
09/16: Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
09/17: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
09/18: Chicago, IL @ Metro
09/19: Newport, KY @ Southgate House
09/20: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
09/21: Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse
09/22: Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
09/23: Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
09/24: Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
09/25: New York, NY @ Webster Hall

* = Free Energy solo show

Tera Melos announce headlining tour dates in US and Japan Forthcoming album Patagonian Rats out in September

Long-running Sacramento genre-benders Tera Melos have announced headlining tour dates in the US and Japan in support of the trio’s forthcoming full-length, Patagonian Rats. The Japanese tour includes dates with Mike Watt and the Missing Men. Please see full dates listed below.

The first video for the song “The Skin Surf” — directed by Behn Fannin (The Melvins, Nurses) — shows the band at its quirky, clever finest.

Have Tera Melos gone pop? Well, no….but yes. Much like the band’s intricate and complex song structures, it’s not quite that simple. Tera Melos’ songs have traditionally been densely packed with so many wild shifts of time signature and chord structures that guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Nick Reinhart jokes they were sounds that, “only wizards could decipher.”

Patagonian Rats is packed with melodic hooks and jabs that on paper might seem to defy the band’s experimental edge. There’s even clear and distinct vocals throughout — a first for the band, where vocals, if any, were previously awash with distortion and layered in the mix. But, particulars aside, Patagonian Rats is the type of album that sticks with you.

Occasionally, “pop” music has really meant daring music. Like the Beach Boys in the late 60s, The Clash in the 70s, Devo in the 80s, Flaming Lips in the 90s — the greatest artists have dared to make music that is hooky while also being groundbreaking. Patagonian Rats evokes images of bizarre and fantastic alternate realities. Think about the first time you heard “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys; jarring collisions of a cappella harmonies, tremolo-washed bass and chirping theremin. The key is not to understand it, but to let the music transform everyday reality into something new. And, that is the essence of Patagonian Rats.

Tera Melos formed in 2004 as a quartet, releasing their first self-titled disc in 2005 (later re-released by Sargent House in 2008). The band became a trio in late 2006, releasing the all-instrumental Drugs to the Dear Youth EP early the following year. A split disc with By The End of Tonight (2007) on Temporary Residence and an EP of cover songs, Idioms, Vol 1 followed in 2009. In the meantime, Reinhart collaborated with prolific drummer Zach Hill under the band name bygones, releasing the by- album in 2009 and Spiritual Bankruptcy EP in 2010, both on Sargent House. Clardy has also recently spent downtime as the touring drummer with guitar goddess Marnie Stern.

Patagonian Rats will be available everywhere via Sargent House on September 7th, 2010.

Tera Melos on tour:
09/09 Sacramento, CA @ Sol Collective
09/10 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
09/11 Portland, OR @ The Artistery
09/12 Reno, NV @ HSS Rainshadow
09/14 Englewood, CO @ Moe’s
09/15 Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
09/16 St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
09/17 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
09/18 Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt
09/20 Toronto, ON @ The Shop at Parts and Labour
09/21 Montreal, QC @ Bar St. Laurent II
09/22 Binghamton, NY @ Bazooka/Bazooka
09/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
09/24 Richmond, VA @ Exit 76
09/25 Durham, NC @ Duke University
09/26 Columbus, SC @ The Whig
09/27 Atlanta, GA @ Wonderroot
09/28 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
09/29 New Orleans, LA @ The Big Top
09/30 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
10/01 Dallas, TX @ The Nightmare
10/02 San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
10/03 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/05 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
10/07 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill

10/11 Okayama, JP @ Pepperland
10/12 Fukuoka, JP @ Graf
10/13 Kyoto, JP @ Metro
10/17 Rappongi, JP @ Superdeluxe *
10/18 Yamagata, JP @ Sandinista *
10/19 Aomori, JP @ Sublime *
10/20 Morioka, JP @ Club Change *
10/21 Sendai, JP @ Park Square *
10/22 Toyama, JP @ Club Mairo *

* with LITE and Mike Watt and the Missing Men

Artist: Tera Melos
Album: Patagonian Rats
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: September 7th, 2010

01. So Occult
02. Kelly
03. The Skin Surf
04. Aped
05. Trident Tail
06. Frozen Zoo
07. In Citrus Heights
08. Skywatch
09. Party With Gina
10. Another Surf
11. Westham United
12. A New Uniform/Patagonia

AMERICAN BANG EXTEND 2010 TOUR IN SUPPORT OF SELF-TITLED MAJOR LABEL DEBUT, TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 31ST ON REPRISE RECORDS

AOL LISTENING PARTY SET TO STREAM ENTIRE ALBUM WEEK OF RELEASE;
NEW SINGLE, “WHISKEY WALK,” GARNERING EARLY RADIO ADDS

Burbank, CA – After touring all summer, American Bang will continue on the road on for an extensive fall trek in support of their self-titled major label debut, which will be released by Reprise Records on August 31st. The tour, which runs through mid-December, includes their home town record release party at Nashville’s Mercy Lounge on September 2nd, and a visit to New York City’s Fillmore @ Irving Plaza on November 3rd.

The eleven-track album will stream in its entirety beginning August 31st on AOL Music for the official online listening party. In addition, American Bang continues as the latest “Incoming!” artist on the Fuse network, which is also currently hosting a series of exclusive behind-the-scenes webisodes online at Fuse.tv.

American Bang’s new single and album opener, “Whiskey Walk” is already bringing in early spins at key radio stations across the country, which officially goes for adds September 7th.

American Bang is Jaren Johnston (singer / guitar), Ben Brown (lead guitar), Kelby Ray (bass), and Neil Mason (drums). The band’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:

August 22 Hampton Beach Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH+
August 24 Bourbon Street Ballroom Baltimore, MD+
August 25 The Rock Shop Fayetteville, NC+
August 30 Montgomery, AL Strange Days*
August 31 Jackson, MS Club Fire*
September 1 Huntsville, AL Sammy T’s*
September 2 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge (Record Release Party)
September 3 Pensacola, FL Seville Quarter*
September 4 Tallahassee, FL Floyds Music Store*
September 5 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live*
September 7 Columbia, SC Jillians
September 8 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend*
September 9 Goose Creek, SC The Dive*
September 10 Johnson City, TN Chrome*
September 12 Dayton, OH WXEG X-Fest 15
September 13 Knoxville, TN Valarium*
September 15 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Café*
September 16 Albany, NY Jillians
September 17 Buffalo, NY The Tralf*
September 19 Hartford, CT Webster Theater*
September 21 Youngstown, OH Wedgewood*
September 22 Toledo, OH Headliners*
September 25 Peoria, IL The Whammy Bar*
September 28 Boston, MA Paradise Ballroom**
September 29 Baltimore, MD Bourbon Street Ballroom**
October 1 Philadelphia, PA Fillmore at TLA**
October 2 Falls Church, VA State Theatre**
October 3 Richmond, VA The Hat Factory**
October 5 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre**
October 6 Greenville, SC The Handlebar**
October 8 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre**
October 9 Charleston, SC The Music Farm**
October 10 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade**
October 13 Houston, TX The Warehouse**
October 14 Dallas, TX The Loft**
October 15 Austin, TX The Independent**
October 16 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room**
October 19 Memphis, TN Newby’s**
October 20 New Orleans, LA Tipitinas**
October 26 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre**
October 28 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall**
October 29 Flint, MI The Machine Shop**
October 30 Lancaster, PA The Chameleon**
November 3 New York, NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza**
November 4 Northampton, MA Pearl Street**
November 5 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony**
November 6 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar**
November 9 Indianapolis, IN The Vouge**
November 12 Chicago, IL The Metro**
November 13 Des Moines, IA People’s Court
November 14 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre**
November 16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue**
November 17 Council Bluffs, IA Whiskey Roadhouse**
November 19 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre**
November 20 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep**
November 30 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory**
December 1 Seattle, WA Snowbox Market**
December 3 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
December 4 Reno, NV Knitting Factory**
December 6 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s**
December 7 San Francisco, CA The Independent**
December 9 San Diego, CA House of Blues**
December 10 Anaheim, CA House of Blues**
December 11 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre**

+ denotes show with Saving Abel
* denotes show with Cavo
**denotes show with The Gracious Few

CONDITIONS FEATURED IN AP/HOT TOPIC MINI MAG, NEW TRACK “WHEN IT WON’T SAVE YOU” INCLUDED ON MAG SAMPLER!

PRE-ORDER FLUORESCENT YOUTH CD/T-SHIRT BUNDLE NOW!

NEW FALL TOUR DATES COMING SOON!

Richmond, VA rockers CONDITIONS are featured in the upcoming AP/Hot Topic Mini Mag, available on a countertop at your nearest Hot Topic beginning September 7th! A brand new track, ‘When It Won’t Save You’ is included on the Mini Mag sampler. The track is cut from CONDITIONS upcoming GOOD FIGHT MUSIC debut, Fluorescent Youth, which hits stores on September 14th, 2010! CONDITIONS have teamed up with Hot Topic to bring Fluorescent Youth to all store listening stations, and offer fans a special Hot Topic sale pricing beginning on the day of release.

Make sure to pre-order GOOD FIGHT MUSIC’s exclusive Fluorescent Youth CD/T-Shirt bundle package! Head over to the brand new MySpace to learn more about CONDITIONS, and remember to check in frequently to stay up to date on huge, upcoming fall tour dates! The new dates will be announced soon.

CONDITIONS have sold over 16,000 digital songs and over 3,000 CDs on their own as independent artists. They have shared stages in the US and Europe with the likes of Paramore, New Found Glory, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Good Charlotte. They have earned themselves spots on the Vans Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Bamboozle Festival, and SXSW Music Conference. Their commanding stage presence and airtight musicianship during live performances emits a vibrant and impassioned spirit. It is this rare mix of charisma and chops that has allowed CONDITIONS to amass a loyal and supportive fan base from swooning teen pop fans to discerning older rock fans. Those fans purchased 4,000 songs off of their You Are Forgotten EP in the first month of its release. It is exactly that type of zealous fan reaction that has caught the eye of media outlets nationwide. Alternative Press Magazine recently proclaimed the band as one of their “100 bands you need to know in 2010″.

SEELAND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM HOW TO LIVE AND RELEASE FIRST SINGLE “LOCAL PARK”

UK trio Seeland are excited to announce their second album How to Live, out October 26 on LOAF Recordings. The band has released “Local Park” (available for posting), the first single off of their sophomore effort. They are also offering a full album stream in exchange for an email address via an embeddable widget (embed code below).

“Local Park”, a gorgeous summer stroll of a tune, celebrates the Great British (and, frankly, universal) tradition of heading straight for the closest patch of grass as soon as the sun appears, in order to soak up the precious rays so rarely seen on their often grey isle. Instantly familiar in the tradition of The Kinks or The Small Faces and yet decidedly ‘other’ in it’s musical vision, “Local Park” is as uplifting as the sun and optimistic as summer itself, the audio equivalent of strawberries and cream.

Moving away from the heavy drum machine dominated sound of their debut, How To Live is an altogether creamier confection. There are still chugging Neu grooves and soft focus psychedelic electronics, but the sound is now more all encompassing, more organic, like slipping into a hot tub with a glass of homemade lemonade. Recorded using a wide variety of vintage synths and old analogue equipment, each sound has been painstakingly passed through numerous pre-amps and filters to create what can only be described as the Seeland sound.

Seeland are Timothy Felton, Billy Bainbridge and Neil McAuley, sonic pioneers associated with Birmingham’s ‘Retro Futurist Electronic Scene’. The band was formed when Tim and Billy left their respective bands (Broadcast and Plone) and started writing songs together that could express the sounds of their minds.

BLUE NOTE RECORDS TO RELEASE “…FEATURING ” ON NOV. 2, A STAR-STUDDED COLLECTION OF NORAH JONES’S MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS

On November 2, EMI’s Blue Note Records will release …Featuring, a star-studded collection of the multi-platinum selling, multi-Grammy Award winning singer Norah Jones’s musical collaborations from the past decade. The 18 songs on the album include duets with such legends as Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, and Dolly Parton, and with 21st Century icons from OutKast to the Foo Fighters.

“It’s so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire,” says Jones. “It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you’re doing something with another artist. You don’t know what to expect—it’s kind of like being a little kid and having a playdate.”

The tracks on …Featuring span her entire career, from one of her earliest recording sessions (a version of Roxy Music’s “More Than This” with guitarist Charlie Hunter in 2001) to her most recent performance, a song called “Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John” that she cut with Belle and Sebastian, which will also appear on their new album. The result serves as a kind of parallel history to her own four albums, which have sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

These collaborations reveal Jones’s astonishing musical versatility, from jazz to country, hip-hop to rock. Three of the songs on …Featuring originally appeared on records that won Grammy awards for Album of the Year (Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company, Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters, and OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below), and several others were also nominated for Grammys.

The album also includes recordings by some of Jones’s own bands and side projects (The Little Willies and El Madmo), and performances with artists that she’s toured with including M. Ward, Sasha Dobson, and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Songs on …Featuring range from classics recorded by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, and Roy Orbison to new material by such wide-ranging innovators as Ryan Adams and Q-Tip.

“A lot of the people on this record are people I’ve worshiped since I was a kid, and some of them are younger and more my contemporaries,” says Jones. “Even though the musicians are so varied, the vibe of the songs makes sense when we put them all together.”

The track listing for …Featuring is as follows:

1. Love Me – The Little Willies
2. Virginia Moon – The Foo Fighters featuring Norah Jones
3. Turn Them – Sean Bones featuring Norah Jones
4. Baby It’s Cold Outside – Willie Nelson featuring Norah Jones
5. Bull Rider – Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson
6. Ruler Of My Heart – Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Norah Jones
7. The Best Part – El Madmo
8. Take Off Your Cool – OutKast featuring Norah Jones
9. Life Is Better – Q-Tip featuring Norah Jones
10. Soon The New Day – Talib Kweli featuring Norah Jones
11. Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John – Belle & Sebastian featuring Norah Jones
12. Here We Go Again – Ray Charles featuring Norah Jones
13. Loretta – Norah Jones featuring Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
14. Dear John – Ryan Adams featuring Norah Jones
15. Creepin’ In – Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton
16. Court & Spark – Herbie Hancock featuring Norah Jones
17. More Than This – Charlie Hunter featuring Norah Jones
18. Blue Bayou – Norah Jones featuring M. Ward

INDIE FOLK ROCK ALBUM OF MYSTICAL HASIDIC MUSIC AGED IN THE BARRELS OF EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLKLORE

Darkcho is an album of mystical Hasidic music, that sounds more like an indie folk rock album with tradition than what you would expect of a religious album. The music is very real, very meditative and very very human. A physical copy of this record is hard to find. As we look at the art we see how mysterious it all is. Hand written lyrics and notes cover the panels, but there is no label, there is no website, there is no way of finding out any more information and to top it all off, when you flip the cover over you read these fascinating words:

“These songs collected here belong to the Jewish people. They originate from holiness. They speak of self nullification and redemption, the need for healing and discovering the depths of the Holy One Blessed Be He in this world and the next.

We take no recognition for any part of the material, lest the actual performing of the music itself.

The recognition was meant for the Holy One Blessed Be He and to the nation that lives by His word.”

Shemspeed has taken on this beautiful record in order to ensure that the world hears it, aged in the barrels of Eastern European folklore and steeped in centuries of Jewish musical tradition. The album plays like a Tarantino soundtrack to the deepest, most spiritual moments of life; full of depth and style, antiquity and freshness.

APPLE iPAD CAMPAIGN FEATURES CHILLY GONZALES’ “NEVER STOP”

Watch it HERE

“Never Stop,” an infectious, piano-driven track from famed ‘entertainist’ Chilly Gonzales’ forthcoming album Ivory Tower, has been chosen to accompany Apple’s new iPad campaign throughout North America. Ivory Tower was produced by Berlin-based hit maker Boys Noize and is out worldwide September 14th via Arts & Crafts.

The record is also a musical companion to a film of the same name,
which was written by Chilly and stars the man himself
alongside Peaches, Tiga and Feist.

You can catch Chilly Gonzales at the following North American dates this September.

9/14/10 – Toronto, ON @ Glen Gould Theatre ?
9/17/10 – Montreal, PQ @ Cabaret du Mile End?
9/19/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo?
9/21/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Galapagos

AHARA SMITH TO HIT “ANGELIC HIGHS” (LA TIMES) ON FALL TOUR SUPPORTING DEBUT ‘MYTH OF THE HEART’ (8/31, PLAYING IN TRAFFIC)

Starting on September 8, 21-year-old singer/songwriter Sahara Smith will embark on a fall tour supporting the release of her T Bone Burnett-shepherded debut, ‘Myth of the Heart,’ out August 31 on Playing in Traffic Records. Of her recent LA debut at the Hotel Café, the LA Times raved, “at the top end, her voice hits angelic highs reminiscent of Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris, and at the lower end… she brought a rich bluesiness that’s worth further exploration.”

Smith will perform at Brooklyn’s Union Hall on Sept 15 and at The Living Room in Manhattan on Sept 16. She’ll play the Austin City Limits Festival on October 8.

More dates will be announced soon.

SAHARA SMITH FALL TOUR DATES:
Sept 8 – Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (In-Store Performance)
Sept 9 – Austin, TX @ Shady Grove
Sept 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
Sept 16 – New York, NY @ Living Room
Sept 17 – Philadelphia, PA @WXPN Live at Noon/World Café Session
Sept 18 – Boston, MA @ Toad
Sept 23 – Fort Worth, TX @ 8.0 Bar
Sept 29 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s w/ Raul Malo
Oct 2 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room) w/ Raul Malo
Oct 5 – Kansas City, MO @ Knockelhead’s w/ Raul Malo
Oct 6 – St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House w/ Raul Malo
Oct 8 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
Oct 28 – Austin, TX @ Cactus Café

THE DUBBER COUNTS DOWN TO THE WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM ‘GLOBAL WARMING’

THE Dubber is confidently delivering to music lovers everywhere an eclectic fusion of genres in his debut album, GLOBAL WARNING. With over two decades of expertise in the music industry, ranging from playing with various rock groups in Los Angeles to the live scene of his now native South Carolina and stages at the SXSW festival, THE Dubber is over-proficient in his craft.

Global Warning embraces sounds from a vast musical catalog. Rock, reggae, Hip-Hop and blues have all played a part in the musical make up of THE Dubber. This melodic love affair allows his distinct sound to transcend boundaries and put him at the head of a long line of aspiring artists eager to relay their message to the world.

The lead off single from GLOBAL WARNING is the acoustic driven With a Feeling. This song gives listeners an insight to the narrative he aptly delivers throughout the rest of this independent release. “This album has had a great response on a regional level so now we are gearing up to push it globally,” THE Dubber explains. “It’s been a long time in the making so it has been great seeing the response it has received so far, and there is a lot more to come as we prepare to release globally, so be on the look out.”

Dabbling in an array of styles and soundscapes is second nature to THE Dubber and taking a year to perfect and relay his diction of hope and redemption, GLOBAL WARNING is a welcomed addition to any music library.

With a west coast tour planned for October to encourage the presence of GLOBAL WARNING and various interviews lined up, there will be no ignoring the presence of this music veteran and his new album.

MINUS THE BEAR ANNOUNCE HEADLINING TOUR ON THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF LATEST ALBUM, OMNI EUROPEAN TOUR WITH JIMMY EAT WORLD CONFIRMED

Minus the Bear are thrilled to embark on a new headlining tour due to the overwhelming demand by fans and several months of sold-out tour dates. Beginning October 18th in Eugene, OR, the Seattle based quintet will head out in continued support of their latest album, OMNI, which Alternative Press praised as “the perfect album to launch Minus the Bear into another dimension entirely” and Paste Magazine simply called “the group’s most explosive record.” The tour will also include a performance at this year’s Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans on October 31st.

In addition, Minus the Bear will join Jimmy Eat World for a European tour this November. Tour dates below.

Since the release of OMNI, which debuted in the Top 50 of the Billboard Top 200, Minus the Bear have performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, made an appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza, opened for Soundgarden and were recently selected for the “MTV + Pepsi Refresh” series, which will spotlight the band on Viacom channels MTV, VH1, Teen Nick, Comedy Central and Spike all of September.

TOUR DATES (more to be announced shortly):

September 30 Pablove Foundation Benefit @ The Crocodile Seattle, WA

October 16 Festival Corona Capital Mexico City, MX
October 18 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
October 19 Regency San Francisco, CA
October 20 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, CA
October 21 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
October 22 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
October 23 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
October 24 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
October 25 Jake’s Lubbock, TX
October 26 Marquee Tulsa, OK
October 27 Stubb’s Austin, TX
October 28 House of Blues Dallas, TX
October 29 House of Blues Houston, TX
October 31 Voodoo Festival New Orleans, LA

With Jimmy Eat World:

November 3 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 4 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
November 5 Docks Hamburg, Germany
November 7 E-Werk Koln, Germany
November 8 Huxleys Berlin, Germany
November 9 Tonhalle Munich, Germany
November 13 UEA Norwich, UK
November 14 Academy Bristol, UK
November 17 St. George’s Market Belfast, Ireland
November 18 Tripod Dublin, Ireland
November 19 Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland
November 21 HMV Institute Birmingham, UK
November 22 Academy Manchester, UK
November 23 Brixton Academy London, UK